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Seizure of Binion's Assets Approved

28 January 2002

A Nevada judge today granted a request to have more than $1.9 million in Binion's Horseshoe's assets seized as security for alleged unpaid membership fees owed to the downtown Las Vegas promotion district.

Las Vegas Gets Direct Flights from Hong Kong

28 January 2002

Singapore Airlines, giving a boost to the Las Vegas hotel-casino industry, is planning the first nonstop flights between Hong Kong and Las Vegas beginning in August.

Heartache, Despair Thrive Among Struggling Dream Seekers

28 January 2002

News Brief: To tourists, Las Vegas is a glamorous getaway. The glittering city of dreams also attracts the desperate, people who couldn't make it anywhere else and come here as a last resort.

Binion's Sued over Tip Pool

26 January 2002

Twelve managers and coordinators of the World Series of Poker are suing Binion's Horseshoe Club casino and its owner, alleging they failed to equitably distribute $540,000 in tips to tournament personnel and allegedly used the money to pay bonuses to casino employees.

Harrah's President Tones Down Criticism

25 January 2002

Harrah's Entertainment President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Loveman has apparently toned down his criticism of the state's regulatory hold over casino executives.

Regulators Approve High-Roller Salons

25 January 2002

For the first time in more than 70 years, Nevada's casinos will soon be able to offer gambling to elite high-rollers in rooms completely inaccessible to the public.

MGM Mirage President: Strip Hotels on Rebound

25 January 2002

According to MGM Mirage’s president, consumer confidence in Las Vegas is rebounding strongly after falling after Sept. 11.

Nevada Regulators Consider Rules for Private Gaming

24 January 2002

The Nevada Gaming Commission could vote today on a plan to create private gambling areas for thousands of bettors.

Las Vegas Roundup

24 January 2002

A weekly review of Las Vegas news bits including: Venetian security boss deals with potential threats; a blacklisted Reverend; trivia and quotes.

Harrah's Gets Injunction Against Stratosphere for Marketing Patent Infringement

24 January 2002

Harrah's sys the U.S. District Court in Nevada issued an injunction prohibiting Stratosphere Corp. and others from infringing on one of Harrah’s marketing patents.

Park Place Eliminates Six Sales Positions

23 January 2002

Park Place Entertainment has eliminated its corporate hotel group sales department. The move resulted in the elimination of six positions, four of them executive-level.

Olympic Spin-Off a No Show

22 January 2002

Casino operators aren’t seeing the increases in reservations they were hoping for from the Olympics.

Convention Authority Doesn't Make Projections for King Holiday

21 January 2002

The Martin Luther King holiday is a three-day weekend for much of the country, but for Las Vegas convention officials, it’s not big enough to merit projections of visitor counts.

Station Casinos Sues over 'Fiesta' Domain Name

21 January 2002

Station Casinos, which owns two Fiesta casinos in the Las Vegas area, filed trademark infringement lawsuits over the name fiestacasinos.com. One defendant is International Thunderbird Gaming.

Vegas Hopes to Bring Back Asians in Year of the Horse

18 January 2002

News Brief: Las Vegas casinos are hoping that the Year of the Horse brings better luck than the Year of the Snake, following a year that saw Asian travel to the city virtually vanish after Sept. 11.

Heightened Casino Security Continues

17 January 2002

Casino companies throughout Las Vegas have continued their heightened level of security following the jetliner attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Harrah's Reveals Strong Fourth-Quarter Earnings

16 January 2002

The news that Harrah's Entertainment expects it will handily beat analyst expectations for the last quarter sent Harrah's stock up more than 4 percent this morning to a 52-week high.

Commission Approves Timeshares Complex

15 January 2002

A project to convert the Lady Luck hotel-casino's west hotel tower into a timeshare complex has been approved by the Las Vegas Planning Commission.

Petition Proposed For Hiking Gaming Taxes

14 January 2002

Barry Michaels is following in the footsteps of state Sen. Joe Neal, in an effort to boost taxes on the gambling industry.

Nevada Senator Denounces Yucca Comments by Sununu

12 January 2002

Nevada political leaders, long opposed to the plan to store nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles from Las Vegas, were angered by John Sununu’s comment that the state should “do its part” for homeland security.

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